Telegram-herald., 1887-12-27
COUNTESS BOHEMIA
T4ose nHo sssss AT sF4AkssesARs
nss.ns a. d5ssks's Opfaioa sf the is&ss1-
t.a thssrs-If A.kss Hsr Hegey
II IAPerssh&te tAs
Poets 1ersaizs .

Hsss1s h25lesx8 sas C51utess Bozenra,
Is "a zrisnE S1AkssperiAn student she
has alsea.y translated ineo Der o~n
LaaxaAgs Szs Polish. -R9nso and
Iai.eEs Is Y8u Lixs II. Measure
f5r Ms4surs." Much Ado Aeout
Nothing, Twelfth Sight." -cymssiias. "
AID Two Gendemsa of EsrOaa-' The
lasfy proposes 70 conGinus her labor Of love
when shs rstires from the English speaking
sG.ge. Moijesks . of course loyal to tAs
poet and upon being Interviewed ia refer
euce 10 Donneglys recently published
Bsc0ai4a eyphss attempting 10 prove that
Lord Bacon vas the author Of the
saaksspeFisa plays and poems attributed
h sOrthy VIII she said.
sFortso centuries We have given the need
OF praise 70 shakespeare. and Il IS now too
late to shin his mantle 70 the shoulders OF
some one else.
'-,raze any Of Shakespeare's sonnets, and
II Bacon had wTiitea them he would have
been delighted % have given that knowledge
% the world lie was sufficiently vain 70
want al he credit be coald get. Tor clever
ress. and sigh for more. Ihere ara many
of saakssqezres plays that would n0t have
detractsd RON Bacons ability, even II a
/ PLAYWRIGHT H. kliza0eih's time was not re-
gartea Win favor, aud would nOt have
ie0par6ize1 bls devoted head. because Of
their political cOmple1l0n. for they DO not
rsasct any Il IS only the penny-a- liners
who desire % unsettle the learning OF the
I past and who aim 10 appear In the role OF
/ inn0vators. For myself l have wor-
shipped ~ long AZ the feet OF shake
speaTe 20 be caught by such soDhis-
/ Try a. Mr. DOnneliy sad Ar. Davidson
/ resort to- 10 prove that Shakespeare Was not
Shakespeare, il may he allowed the para
dO<. I have bAen too devoted a student Of
The master mind Of English literature 10
relinQuish my love for him in my maturer
years.
Prof. Davidson errs when he says that
/ Shakypears never LETT behind him single
scrap Of manuscript. is not his last WI II and
testament pretty conclusive evidence OF that
/ fact, l can think OF no more appropriate
| thought, in reply 20 these attacks upon the
lsemOry Of Shakspeare, than that OF John
| sheldon. who says:
N0man IS wiser for his learning.
Wis aud aisdom are born with man.
"Eor my own humble self. in common
/ with my brothers and sisters in art, l hnd
in the work OF Shakespeare the greatest re-
lief OF the Eovices Of my profession. The
ambition OF playing Shakespeare in his
/ native language, was the chlef incentive
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| English-spezking stage.
Were II not tor the happiness OF perform
| ing occasionally the characters be has
created, might have lacked in the strength
/ necessary 10 continue my career. All, LEI
| Mr.. D0nnelly sneer at him. Some sneers
| are more complimentary than the highest
| praise and whatever the so-cllled modern
taste NAV say or insnuate, one fact remains
| true, there Is in part of your race one great
figure that stands 50 high that oil those who
| come after him would not touch the leye
OF his feet. so broad is his reach that al
other races bow 20 him and acclaim him as
| belonging 70 the entire humanity.
read lately ia book called On Some o
| Shakespeare . Female Characters by Helen
Faucit She was the last Shskespearean
| actress, az least, / think SO. who carrieg
poetry and imagination into her acting. snC
she loved him with his works with humble
devotion. All, Imagination, what rdro
aris nowadays We anRiyze We subtilizs,
We byzantinize-becsuse imaginative or
what IS the same in art, creative power i
lacking. Who can W lie another balcony
scens!' Not one of our modern poets to b.
sure. When | say modern | speak of tn
latter part OF our century. not of Its frs
nalf, 50 brilliant, so glorious in itsromantiG
revival This was its spring-now we ap
| proach the Winter. and the gloomy mist o
our analytical science that doubts OF every
thing and denies everything. the whirlwin'
OF our life Ia rapusr. and the smoke o
| our factory chimneys obscure oEr eyes an
prevent rs from looking up 10 the gloriou.
orc of the ideal"